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Featured Album
The Blind Leading The Blind (2018)
Featured Grindcore Album
Scum (2017)
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Featured Progressive Metal Album
Grave Mounds And Grave Mistakes (Luxus) (2018)
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Death metal act from Malmö, active since 2016. Cursus Bellum — Latin for 'course of war' — delivers war-themed death metal from southern Sweden.
Death-sludge metal band from Manlleu near Barcelona, Spain, active since 2008. They merge death metal aggression with sludge weight from the Catalan Ter Valley.
Death metal band from Karlstad in Värmland, active since 2015. Cut Up delivers sharp, Swedish-style death metal with surgical precision.
Death-thrash metal band from Vigo, Spain, active since 2013. They deliver aggressive death-thrash from the Galician Atlantic coast.
Brutal death metal and deathcore act from Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic, formed in 2021. They deliver slamming brutality and crushing breakdowns from the famous Bohemian spa town.
Death-doom-sludge act from Reykjavík, active since 2017. CXVIII delivers crushing, slow-burning heaviness that draws on Iceland's tradition of atmospheric extreme metal.
Progressive death metal and deathcore band from the Essonne south of Paris, France, formed in 2017. They blend progressive complexity with extreme metal aggression.
Death metal band from Losning in eastern Jutland, Denmark, active since 2011. They deliver crushing death metal from the Danish heartland.
Melodic death metal band from North Brabant, formed in 2019. Cyanide Paradise delivers hook-driven death metal with strong melodic sensibility from southern Netherlands.
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European Metal Index is an index of European heavy metal bands — death metal, black metal, thrash metal, doom metal, metalcore, hardcore punk, and all heavy music. Browse bands by genre, find metal concerts near you, and discover the European metal scene.